Vatican II

DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON DIVINE REVELATION

DEI VERBUM

Excerpts on the Eucharist

Proclaimed by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on November 18, 1965

CHAPTER II: HANDING ON DIVINE REVELATION

10. Sacred tradition and sacred Scripture form one sacred
deposit of the Word of God, committed to the Church. Holding
fast to this deposit the entire holy people united with their
shepherds remain always steadfast in the teaching of the
Apostles, in the common life, in the breaking of the bread
and in prayers (see Acts 8:42, Greek text), so that holding to,
practicing and professing the heritage of the faith, it becomes
on the part of the bishops and faithful a single common effort
[7].

SACRED SCRIPTURE IN THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH

25. Therefore, all the clergy must hold fast to the sacred
Scriptures through diligent sacred reading and careful study,
especially the priests of Christ and others, such as deacons and
catechists who are legitimately active in the ministry of the
Word. This is to be done so that none of them will become
"an empty preacher of the word of God outwardly, who is not
a listener to it inwardly" [4] since they must share the
abundant wealth of the divine Word with the faithful committed to
them, especially in the sacred liturgy.